Alert! Heavy Rain Accompanied By Lightning Potentially Guyur Aceh, Central Java To Bali

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned that heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds still have the potential to fall in most parts of Indonesia, including a number of major cities in the country on Sunday, February 18.

Based on the weather early warning quoted from the BMKG website, heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds is predicted to fall at several points in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Lampung, Banten, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, and Bali.

Heavy rains also have the potential to occur in West Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua.

Meanwhile, rain with lighter intensity can occur at a number of points in West Java and East Nusa Tenggara Provinces.

In particular, BMKG warns of the potential for thunderstorms to fall in the cities of Jambi, Pangkal Pinang, Pekanbaru, and Padang. Other cities can experience moderate rain including Pontianak and Palembang and the potential for light rain in Bandung, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Palangka Raya, Ambon, Mataram, Jayapura, Manokwari, Mamuju, Makassar, Kendari, and Medan.

Then for the DKI Jakarta area, the weather is predicted to be cloudy or cloudy throughout the region throughout the day.

BMKG also warned that a number of provinces were included in the alert category for the impact of heavy rains such as floods for West Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Central Java, East Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, West Papua and Papua.